Biographical Data :

Name :

Busiri Sharfuddin Muhammad Ibn Said

Period :

1213 - 1296

Biographical detail :

The Arabic poet of Berber extraction who was famous for his poem, Al Bardah.

It was said that he wrote this poem in praise of the Prophet Muhammad , peace be upon him, after being cured of paralysis when the Prophet , peace be upon him, appeared to him in a dream, and wrapped him in a mantle (Burdah in Arabic)

No other ode in Arabic had attained its popularity. More than 90 commentaries had been written on it and it had been translated into English, German, French, Persian and Turkish.